I'm upset that no matter how hard I explain to the people who work above me, that I'm undercut in my pay that there seems to be no one truly listening. So I'd like to take a moment to shout into the void and explain what working for UVA is like. I have a BFA and a Masters degree in my field, and market research that I handed to HR showed that I was underpaid by about 20k at the time and am now underpaid about 10k. After taxes and social security my take home is about 36 thousand dollars a year. I have a car payment, insurance, and pay the parking permit that takes about 6k a year, leaving me with 30, now I'm expected to pay around 2 grand in rent each month in this town, and now that's 30k-24k that leaves me with 6 grand a year for food, gas, medical bills. Nothing is going into my retirement plans either. And because I was going through a divorce last year I lost my house and have been homeless for months. I don't know why I come to work at this point to a place I can't afford to live. For anyone suggesting I live in Staunton, it's the same problem with a larger gas bill.